Workshops Help Separatees "TAP" Into Good Jobs
The Department of Labor-sponsored Transition Assistance Program Employment Workshops are
sponsored in conjunction with the installation Transition Assistance staffs. The Department of
Labor (DOL) TAP Employment Workshops normally run 2 ½ days. However, some local installations
may combine this workshop with other specialty workshops. During your first visit to the
Transition Assistance Office, or with your Command Career Counselor, you should ask to be scheduled
to attend the next available workshop (your spouse should attend if space is available). You
should plan to attend employment workshops at least 180 days prior to separation.
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Hot Tip:
Not all installations and bases offer the DOL TAP Employment Workshop. If the workshops
are not available at your installation or base, your Transition Counselor will refer you to
other sources where similar information is available.
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TAP addresses such useful subjects as the following:
- Employment and training opportunities
- Labor market information
- Civilian workplace requirements
- Resume, application, and standard forms preparation
- Job analysis, job search, and interviewing techniques
- Assistance programs offered by federal, state, local, military, and veterans' groups
- Procedures for obtaining verification of job skills and experience
- Obtaining loans and assistance for starting a small business
- Analysis of the area where you wish to relocate, including local employment opportunities, the
local labor market, and the cost of living (housing, child care, education, medical and dental
care, etc.)
At the TAP workshops, you will receive a participant manual. Among other valuable
information, this manual contains points of contact around the nation for many of the services you
will need after your separation.
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Hot Tip: Workshops Provide Fresh Perspective
Besides the Department of Labor TAP Employment Workshop
, you will find other job-hunting programs sponsored by organizations in and out
of your service. Use them! By taking advantage of workshops and seminars, you will gain
information about the same subject from different points of view. Different workshops
emphasize different things. There are many good methods for finding a job and many good
programs to teach you how.
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